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Fires, Tires, n Bears EH? OOH YEEYYAAHH!-Trip Report

Discussion in 'Trip Reports' started by Blackdawg, Dec 1, 2016.

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  1. Dec 15, 2016 at 5:05 PM
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    Blackdawg

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    Photos compiled, Narration, and photography:


    Monte aka Blackdawg, driver of Frankenstein


    [​IMG]IMG_9799 by mike digirat, on Flickr


    Additional photography:


    Mike aka Digiratus, driver of The Red Head @Digiratus


    [​IMG]IMG_0320 by Benjamin Springli, on Flickr


    Ben aka m3bassman, driver of The Green Machine. @m3bassman


    [​IMG]IMG_9693 by mike digirat, on Flickr


    Friends in the trip:


    Timmy, Driver of C'Bob @at_olw


    [​IMG]FTnBE?-41.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr


    Chris aka Sacrifice @Sacrifice


    [​IMG]FTnBE?-3.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr





    Other Trip Reports:
    August 2014: The SOS Trip Report
    August 2016: Alberta Bound & Beyond
    October 2016: The M~D~U Report: 1000 Miles of Dirt in Utah
    March 2017: ImpromptU-ah! Back to Utah We Go!
    September 2017: The DeTour
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    Last edited: Aug 8, 2018
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  2. Dec 15, 2016 at 5:06 PM
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    Whew. Done. Hope people enjoyed it.

    On to the next adventure!
     
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  3. Dec 15, 2016 at 6:16 PM
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    Nicely wrote Monty! Guess kind know where one of my trips are going to be now.
     
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  4. Dec 15, 2016 at 6:16 PM
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    Great review Monte. Jealous I missed the second half but it was still a trip of a lifetime. Hopefully see you again out in the dirt
     
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  5. Dec 15, 2016 at 6:18 PM
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    Thanks man!

    Idk man..you blew a tire..not sure i wanna deal with that again.. :p

    Was great having there! You'd have more fun then ever now with the way the truck is. Although idk about the RTT being up there but still be a better ride haha
     
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  6. Dec 15, 2016 at 6:26 PM
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    :luvya:

    I honestly don't notice much of a difference between there and the bed rack but there's only one way to find out. Not like my truck is the nicest anymore anyways
     
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  7. Dec 15, 2016 at 6:30 PM
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    Not worried about a pine tree leaning over and going "oooo cool tent!" and snatching off the roof? :p haha
     
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  8. Dec 15, 2016 at 6:47 PM
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    Yea that would succccck. I may order a set of bed bars for wheeling trips since they are light and easy to store. The tent just gets more use on my motorcycle camping trips otherwise
     
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  9. Dec 15, 2016 at 6:56 PM
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    Ahh thats a good idea. Im running Erics on Igor. work great.
     
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  10. Dec 15, 2016 at 6:58 PM
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    Loved reading all this. Definitely just made my desire to go exploring wayyy more intense!
     
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  11. Dec 15, 2016 at 7:00 PM
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    Thanks! And good. Thats the point :)
     
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    Real men just call it camping
    Thanks for spending the time to share your adventures!
     
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    Thanks for reading my horrible grammer! :p
     
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  14. Dec 17, 2016 at 2:11 PM
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    Just saw that final chapter!

    Looks like a ton of fun and I would love to get up to that region someday all the way from Texas!
     
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  15. Dec 17, 2016 at 4:13 PM
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    Thanks for reading!

    Was a hoot. Hopefully you can one day
     
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  16. Dec 18, 2016 at 2:08 PM
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    Super cool trip and write up Monte! What's even cooler is, as you mentioned, the good people you came across. From the cool Canadian's showing you where to wheel/camp [in the rain], to helping you guys with tires and hosting a dinner at his home, and to the nice lady offering the faucet out back to hose off. Not to mention fellow TW guys helping - @jberry813 and @RelentlessFab are good dudes.
     
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    Couldn't agree more! Was a unique trip in that way for sure!
     
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    It still gives me goosebumps thinking about the karma of running into Brandon in Kamloops...
     
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    I know. Was insane. So cool though.
     
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    Awesome trip report something that I would love to do.
     
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